Vanderplatts to throw his hat in the ring in Spencer..This is the third attempt

[Peacetrain]

for his rightieness.

[justgamma]

1. Isn't he the one that ran with Nussle and

they kept him hidden the entire time?

[Peacetrain]

2. One and the same justgamma.. one and the same

He is running on a platform of decreasing debt.. well even crazy old Rants called him out on that. When he ran Opportunities Unlimited he increased their debt load..

[Hardrada]

6. I love it. Yes, they kept him in a garage in Le Mars.

I remember we had discussions about that here. He got out once and said something stupid and they promptly hid him again.

[progressoid]

3. And he has a lot of company - Behn, Rants, Fong, Roberts, McKinley, Branstad (?)

Iowa GOP field gets more crowded

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) -- Republican state Sen. Jerry Behn announced Tuesday he would seek the GOP nomination for governor, saying Democratic Gov. Chet Culver is vulnerable because he's mishandled the state's budget.

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The Boone Republican joined a crowded GOP field that could include six candidates or more seeking the party's nomination. Culver has not made a formal announcement but has made it clear he will seek a second term.

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Other Republican candidates include businessmen Christian Fong and Bob Vander Plaats; Reps. Christopher Rants of Sioux City and Rod Roberts of Carroll; and Senate Minority Leader Paul McKinley of Chariton. Former Gov. Terry Branstad, who served a record four terms before stepping down in 1998, has said he's considering a bid.\


http://www.omaha.com/article/20090825/NEWS01/708259858

[rurallib]

4. I thought VP would be annoncing his divorce by now

What with that gay marriage thingie ruining hetero marriages and all. Or is VP secretly ........?

all that brainpower (GoOper crowd) couldn't light a 100 watt bulb.

[progressoid]

5. Too late to edit my other post

Just read this @ radioiowa. He evidently made his announcement in Sheldon. Not that really matters where he makes his grand pronouncement - either way he's still an egotistical dipshit.



"I picked Sheldon because that's where I was raised and that's where the values were instilled in me and whether it was through home or through church or through school or through the community, it's the values of: 'We value life and we value a culture of life,'" Vander Plaats says. "...It's where we learned about marriage: one man/one woman, traditional marriage."

"But what I sense today is that the people of Iowa are really embracing the message more than ever that we need a real life leader from real life experience and real life results to serve," Vander Plaats says. "They don't want politics as usual anymore."

Vander Plaats has never before held elective office, but he argues that's a plus in the current environment. "People are discouraged with kind of the entitlement, the establishment and just politics as usual," Vander Plaats says. "They want fresh blood."

That is a barb aimed at former Governor Terry Branstad and party insiders who are pushing Branstad to run for a fifth term. Vander Plaats says the public is fed up with career politicians.

"I think when you take a look at the 'Tea Party' movement, if you take a look at the town hall meetings and the people who are showing up and voicing their opinion, those just aren't rank-and-file Republicans -- those are Independents; those are Democrats; some of them have never been involved in the process before," Vander Plaats says. "Basically, they're saying: 'I've had enough!'"

:crazy::crazy::crazy::crazy::crazy::crazy::crazy::crazy::crazy::crazy::crazy:

http://www.radioiowa.com/gestalt/go.cfm?objectid=8B80D411-5056-B82A-37B5D0207AA8AD06

[DU9598]

7. Was the hat white and well-starched?